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The Hidden Family Symbols in Robin Raymer’s Art
Clip: Season 6 Episode 31 | 1m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Robin Raymer reveals the family stories and symbols hidden throughout his artwork.
Robin Raymer explains the personal details woven into his drawings. Five birds represent him, his wife and their three daughters, five flower petals honor his daughters, mother and grandmother, and 16 marks around the sun recall the age when he first dreamed of becoming a cartoonist.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
The Hidden Family Symbols in Robin Raymer’s Art
Clip: Season 6 Episode 31 | 1m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Robin Raymer explains the personal details woven into his drawings. Five birds represent him, his wife and their three daughters, five flower petals honor his daughters, mother and grandmother, and 16 marks around the sun recall the age when he first dreamed of becoming a cartoonist.
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Show us some of your other drawings.
You have your big posters over there.
- Oh sure, sure.
- Let's see those.
And then we'll talk about the book a little bit more too.
But, so these are examples of- - So this is something I'm drawing up on my website, peteandpeachesart.com.
We're gonna be making these available soon, just to have posters and prints.
But that's one, "Friends lift one another up."
- And they do.
- There we go.
And then we have this one.
- That's one we just showed you that card.
Yeah.
- Yeah, there we are.
So that's one of my very first ones.
And that goes back a long way that I drew that up.
And a nice message.
And then this is one that... - Very cute.
And then each drawing now, later on, has the significance.
Let me help you.
Okay, go ahead.
- So there's always five birds, as you see.
Wendy and I are over there, my wife and I. And then I have my three daughters.
And then around every flower, there's five petals in the drawings, and that stand for my three daughters and my mom and my grandma.
And then when I was 16, I really wanted to be a cartoonist.
And so around the sun, every time, there's 16 dots and dashes.
- I love it.
- Yeah.
And how I got into cartooning in the first place was-
How Robin Raymer’s Art Reached Successories
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Clip: S6 Ep31 | 1m 10s | Robin Raymer recalls how his encouraging cards caught the attention of Successories. (1m 10s)
The Starfish Lesson: Why Helping One Person Matters
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Clip: S6 Ep31 | 2m 3s | Robin Raymer explains the simple lesson at the heart of Pete and Peaches. (2m 3s)
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